Anna that is a great point. <br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 27 May 2011 07:43, Anna Harris <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anna@shsh.co.uk">anna@shsh.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">I see nothing in the above yet recognising the need for women to be<br>involved in this decision making, and this cannot happen while there<br>
is no provision for looking after the children. How come all these men<br>pictured in the videos have the possibility to roam freely in the<br>streets?? BECAUSE THERE IS SOMEONE AT HOME LOOKING AFTER THE FAMILY,<br>CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY AND PUTTING FOOD ON THE TABLE. Provision has<br>
to be made for sharing these resonsibilities so that women can take a<br>full share in creating a new society. Otherwise it will be just more<br>of the same.<br><br>Anna<br><br>On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 6:50 AM, Mark Barrett<br>
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<div class="h5"><<a href="mailto:marknbarrett@googlemail.com">marknbarrett@googlemail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Sorry for spamming but thought compas might like this message:<br>> [International organization May 15] Hi guys, in greece the movement<br>
> started very...<br>> Isabel Onassis de Alba posted in International organization May 15.<br>> [image: Hi guys, in greece the movement started very strong. Yesterday<br>> started to camping in Plateia Syntagmatos and today is much more<br>
> organised. Still caotic but the working groups are gathering together,<br>> people is talking on the microfon. :) We have a web page and we will<br>> try to contact you as soon as we solve the comunication problems we<br>
> have (thousands of emails, not so many administrators...) We are very<br>> happy!!! Greetings from Greeceeee!!!!<br>><br>> On 26/05/2011, Mark Barrett <<a href="mailto:marknbarrett@googlemail.com">marknbarrett@googlemail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Thanks for the heads up Julien.<br>>><br>>> I imagine such an event would be bound to attract nationalists and facists<br>>> among with lots of others. As I am sure yo know, one principle the DRY<br>
>> movement in Spain has kept to, along with no alcohol, non violence and the<br>>> development of popular assemblies is the banning of flags. These principles<br>>> are important to keep to so let's hope they can be consensually followed as<br>
>> part of a solidarity with the Spanish uprising wherever M15 inspired camps<br>>> and assemblies form. Maybe Spaniards should ask other countries to not even<br>>> carry Spanish ones (as many did in Athens yesterday, to say thanks) . I<br>
>> do think we all need to put out the message of no flags to nip the<br>>> nationalist/fascist tendency in the bud. Just a few thoughts anyway and<br>>> will<br>>> mention to comrades in Barca.<br>
>><br>>> There is another Athens report here, which I just saw you also commented<br>>> on:<br>>> <a href="http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog/2011/05/26/598-what-time-is-it-time-for-all-of-them-to-go-tens-of-thousands-take-to-the-greek-streets-against-the-crisis/" target="_blank">http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog/2011/05/26/598-what-time-is-it-time-for-all-of-them-to-go-tens-of-thousands-take-to-the-greek-streets-against-the-crisis/</a><br>
>><br>>> Cheers<br>>><br>>> Mark<br>>><br>>> On 26 May 2011 16:49, Julien Chaulieu <<a href="mailto:julien@eagainst.com">julien@eagainst.com</a>> wrote:<br>>><br>>>> I might need to inform you that things are not so bright as you describe<br>
>>> regarding Greece. There were many fascists-far right nationalists in the<br>>>> event of Athens yesterday waving flags and chanting the national anthem<br>>>> among with xenophobic slogans, like "Greece belongs to Greeks" and "Our<br>
>>> anti-Greek politicians should go away". I am Greek I know very well what<br>>>> I<br>>>> am saying. I would recommend you to remain standoffish about what you saw<br>>>> in<br>
>>> Athens yesterday and not make false assumptions as you may spread false<br>>>> news<br>>>> around the world.<br>>>><br>>>> Regards<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> Mark Barrett wrote:<br>
>>><br>>>> Athens yesterday:<br>>>> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNGW0x5shuM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNGW0x5shuM</a><br>>>><br>>>> + new article, be great if you can pass on...<br>
>>><br>>>> #SpanishRevolution comes to Greece: #M25Gr =<br>>>> #GreekRevolution<<a href="http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876" target="_blank">http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876</a>><br>
>>><br>>>> Yesterday was a beautiful beautiful day and a very very important one. 10<br>>>> days after the "Spanish Revolution" kicked off peacefully all over Spain,<br>>>> it<br>
>>> has been replicated massively in the homeland of Democracy, Greece.<br>>>> Yesterdat, M25, 20,000 people took to the streets and squares all over<br>>>> Greece... 7,000 alone and absolutely peaceful in Constitution square in<br>
>>> athens. They have been inspired by Spain and the simple core idea of the<br>>>> movement; That we have had enough, that we are "indignant", we will not<br>>>> take<br>>>> it any more, its time to stand up, take to the streets, occupy squares,<br>
>>> create a "true democracy"... and hope that the Spark of peaceful<br>>>> Revoution<br>>>> spreads all over this little planet...<br>>>><br>>>> Follow the #GREEKREVOLUTION as it unfolds and spreads...<br>
>>><br>>>> Real democracy Greece - <a href="http://real-democracy.gr/" target="_blank">http://real-democracy.gr/</a><br>>>><br>>>> [image: M25 -<br>>>> #greekrevolution]<<a href="http://www.indymedia.ie/attachments/may2011/saf.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.indymedia.ie/attachments/may2011/saf.jpg</a>><br>
>>> M25 - #greekrevolution<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> *Instaling Democracy 2.0 █████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 10% *<br>>>><br>>>> *“Peoples of Europe, Rise Up” *<br>>>> In many ways this is almost an echo, a year ago the Greeks hung a massive<br>
>>> banner from the Acropolis with a simple message: “Peoples of Europe, Rise<br>>>> Up”. Over the last year we have seen some responses, In October we saw<br>>>> massive strikes in France, we saw the students of London rebel against<br>
>>> the<br>>>> harsh cuts being imposed at Christmas and in Spain we saw a general<br>>>> strike<br>>>> on S29, September 29. But none of this seemed to take off quiet as<br>>>> powerfully as that which has unfolded here in Spain over the last 10<br>
>>> days.<br>>>> In recent months we have seen the "Arab Spring", which was a massive<br>>>> inspiration to the "indignant" in Spain; the idea that it IS POSSIBLE to<br>>>> mobilise the masses (especially more so now with social networking tools;<br>
>>> facebook, twitter etc...) and to absolutely change things PEACEFULLY. The<br>>>> movement here in Spain continues to grow and grow, and outside too it has<br>>>> sparked in a very quick profound way (650 global events around planet 3<br>
>>> days<br>>>> ago) but this response from Greece is something very very special,<br>>>> because<br>>>> of the size, because this is all about re-questioning, re-examining,<br>>>> re-creating the whole idea that came from Greece so many centuries ago;<br>
>>> DEMOCRACY.<br>>>><br>>>> We have to remember that Greece has seen massive and very violent<br>>>> protests<br>>>> for a long time, so there was a fear that yesterdays first day of action<br>
>>> could lead to the normal stand off between riot police and petrol bomb<br>>>> wielding anarchists, thankfully this did not surface, in fact 1<br>>>> protestors<br>>>> message in 1 of the papers is that the government can deal with the<br>
>>> violence, it doesnt threathen them, but this, this massive peaceful<br>>>> action<br>>>> does, they do not know how exactly to deal with it. So hopefully we will<br>>>> see<br>>>> these numbers growing, taking to the streets and starting to occupy<br>
>>> squares<br>>>> to set up little free zones to talk, but also to demonstrate what true<br>>>> democracy looks like; a more direct and participative form as opposed to<br>>>> the<br>>>> once every four years version we see at present, which has failed us and<br>
>>> left us in this sorry state of affairs.<br>>>><br>>>> *S2S - communication is our weapon *<br>>>> Also last night, the second beautiful moment; When we in the occupied<br>>>> square of Placa Catalunya in Barcelona, #acampadaBCN (campsite Barcelona)<br>
>>> connected live with the thousands in the square outside the parliament in<br>>>> Athens via live stream (again how great these new tek tools enable us to<br>>>> connect, even on this massive scale; S2S : square to square). After the<br>
>>> massive cheers of greetings from each square of defiance and revolution<br>>>> to<br>>>> the other, we had about 5 or 10 minutes of exchange, giving updates on<br>>>> the<br>>>> situations and hoped for plans for where we go from here....<br>
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